Because of our location, access and partnerships with the nation’s top think tanks and research laboratories, our graduate students have numerous opportunities to engage in meaningful research. Students collaborate not only with faculty within the Department of Chemistry but are also with colleagues in GW’s School of Medicine and Health Sciences and School of Engineering and Applied Science.
Whatever path our students choose, be it health care, the environment, chemical and nuclear threats, plant biochemistry or clean energy, they delve into the most exciting scientific questions of today.
From Galileo to COVID, science breakthroughs have been shadowed by science deniers. In his Dean’s Seminar, Chemistry’s Holden Thorp teaches students how to read their playbook.
Corcoran Hall, a historic science hub, marks its centennial. Home to the Big Bang theory and modern breakthroughs, it also housed CCAS Chemistry for 90 years until the opening of SEH in 2015.